Mandelbrot Set
"All Our Actions Are
Constantly Repeated" CD
Highpoint
Lowlife
Genre: post-rock, instrumental rock
August 2007 |
UK's Mandelbrot Set bring me yet another
dramatic post-rock/instrumental rock offering in the vein of
Explosions in the Sky. These folks are less mathy and more on the
emotional quiet/loud dynamics end of things than other bands of their
ilk, with a political bent somewhat akin to Montreal stalwarts
Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Indeed, much of their cover art and
liner notes is dominated by a detailed chart of the world's oil
consumption and production - though their reputability suffers a blow
due to having spelt "barrels" as "barrells" repeatedly and
prominently. The music is pretty standard fare as far as epic
post-rock instrumentalism goes, with powerful arching guitar
crescendos and building climaxes dominating the mix. I would have
preferred this effort to have been a bit more melodic than it is, as
with the glut of these types of bands lately it takes such accessible
qualities to separate exceptional projects from the herd. Considering
this, it is only the final track, "His Hands Were Too Small...", and
its haunting melodica, that truly stand out on All Our Actions Are
Constantly Repeated.
mp3 (from mandelbrotset.co.uk):
and the rockets red glare/bombs bust in air
70%
Fun Fact: Mandelbrot
sets are the mathematical coordinates responsible for those crazy
visual patterns known as fractals.
Example.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 6 tracks, distributed by
Post Everything,
released 2006] |